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An Important Communication 
to the friends of the 
New Hampshire 
Society of the Cincinnati 




AN APPEAL 

for 

Cincinnati Memorial Hall 
Library and Military Museum 

at 

EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 

IN the year 1783, after a conflict of eight years, General 
Washington and his brother officers founded the Society 
of the Cincinnati to preserve inviolate the exalted rights 
and liberties for which they had fought and bled, to promote 
national union and national honor, and to render permanent 
the cordial affection and brotherly kindness towards one 
another, which should ever dwell in the hearts of those who 
have a common heritage. Thus as Washington, Knox, 
Hamilton, Pinckney, and other illustrious characters were 
among the founders of the Republic they were also the 
founders of the Cincinnati. Many of these distinguished 
Americans have memorials, but there has never been one 
dedicated to them as Cincinnati collectively, and to the 
Continental Army, until the founding of the Cincinnati 
Memorial Hall at Exeter, New Hampshire. 

It is the purpose of the Society to make the Hall an 
object lesson to this and future generations, to teach the true 
meaning of the patriotic self-sacrifice, devotion and utter un- 
selfishness of the men of the Revolution who fought for the 
welfare of mankind in the establishment of American Inde- 
pendence, by accumulating a library and collecting relics 
relating to them and the period. 

In drawing your respectful attention to the Hall the 
Society does so in the belief that the patriotic, useful and 
instructive object of the enterprise will appeal to you 
strongly, as one having the interest of his country at heart, 
and, furthermore, the members of the New Hampshire 
Society feel that you will be honored by this opportunity to 
assist in such a laudable purpose, by having your name per- 
manently identified with the work of this illustrious Order. 



In order to properly equip, furnish and maintain the 
Hall as a museum and library it will be necessary to obtain 
subscriptions to a goodly amount, and there is now open to 
the friends of the Cincinnati an opportunity to perform an 
important share in the permanent establishment of the Hall. 

Funds are also needed immediately to enable the Com- 
mittee to proceed with certain necessary improvements, such 
as providing suitable quarters for a caretaker in order that 
the house proper may be devoted entirely to the use of the 
Society, and kept open for public inspection throughout 
the year. 

The names of contributors will be inscribed upon a bronze 
tablet to be placed in the Hall. 

It is also proposed to furnish the house, as far as possible, 
with genuine Colonial furniture, and donations of relics, 
family portraits, genealogical and historical books, docu- 
ments, etc., will be greatly appreciated and carefully pre- 
served. At present all such donations will be placed in a 
room in the Phillips Exeter Academy, through the courtesy 
of the trustees, until the house can be properly prepared lor 
occupation by the Society. 

Frederick Bacon Philbrook, 

Secretary. 




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Cincinnati Memorial Hall 



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Military Museum 




Exeter, New Hampshire 

FOR MANY YEARS KNOWN AS 

The Gilman House 

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NOW OWNED BY THE 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 

IN THE 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 
1903 



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The Purchase of the Gilman House 

By the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati 

THE usefulness and appropriateness of permanent head- 
quarters for the Society became very apparent some few 
years ago, and a movement to purchase for such a purpose the 
historical house in Exeter known as the "Gilman House," was 
begun soon after the annual meeting of July 4, 1902. 

A committee consisting of the President, Secretary and 
Treasurer, was appointed, with full powers, and within a few 
months sufficient funds were subscribed to enable the commit- 
tee to purchase the property, the title to the estate passing to the 
Society, subject to a short lease, on November i, 1902. 

The necessity of a permanent residence and headquarters is 
threefold, viz.: 

1. To provide an open house, where the members of the So- 
ciety can go at any time they may desire, and moreover, so that 
all may feel that the Society has a permanent domicile. 
Further, to have an historic place in which to hold our com- 
memorative meetings, and a safe depository for our valuable 
genealogical records, documents and papers, which is a mat- 
ter of great importance. 

2. To establish an ancestral hall and museum of historical 
relics and curios of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, 
especially such as pertain to the New Hampshire Cincinnati, 
its original members and their families, and the officers of the 
New Hampshire Continental Line generally, which it is pro- 
posed to have open to the public. Also to establish a library 
of historical and genealogical books, documents and manuscripts 
pertaining to the history of New Hamphire in particular. 

3. By maintaining some definite Society house as its per- 
manent home, no greater security in perpetuating the New 
Hampshire Society and the remembrance of our ancestors' ser- 
vices in the War of the Revolution could be obtained. 



Donations to the Hall and Museum 

THE Committee respectfully solicits of all persons inter- 
ested in the Colonial military history of the country, and 
of New Hampshire in particular, donations for the Hall and 
Military Museum and Library, of Colonial furniture, portraits, 
engravings, books, documents and relics, including Colonial 
firearms and side-arms, military uniforms and equipments, flags, 
medals, etc. 

All will be carefully recorded in catalogue form and placed 
in a room at the Phillips Exeter Academy, which has been 
courteously extended for the purpose by the Trustees of that 
institution until final arrangements and furnishings can be 
completed for the occupancy of the Hall by the Society. 

Any person, whether a member of the Society, an Annual 
Subscriber, or otherwise interested in perpetuating the honored 
memories of the patriots of the Revolution, may establish 
special funds, the whole or the interest from which to be de- 
voted to general use or some specific purpose consistent with 
the objects of the Cincinnati and of the Memorial Hall. 

All communications relating to Memorial Hall should be 
addressed to the President or the Secretary of the Society, at 
Exeter. 



Form of Bequest 

I give and bequeath to the New Hampshire Society of the 
Cincinnati, a corporation established by law in the State of 
New Hampshire, the sum of dollars. 




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^'^^^ The Gilman House ^^"^^ 

The Most Historic Mansion in the State of New 

Hampshire Relating to the War of the Revolution 

By Frederick Bacon Philbrook 



1721-1747 

SITUATED on a slight elevation on "Governor's Lane," 
leading from and a few rods south of Water Street, in the 
old part of the historic town of Exeter, Rockingham County, 
New Hampshire, is the famous old homestead erected by 
Nathaniel Ladd in 1721. The lot has a frontage on Water 
Street of about two hundred feet and is a part of the original 
lot purchased of Eliphalet Coffin in the year above mentioned. 
The estate was retained in the possession of the Ladd family, 
being deeded to the sons of Nathaniel Ladd in 1738 and 1743, 
until 1747, when it was purchased and occupied by Colonel 
Daniel Gilman, a prominent townsman and the father of Colo- 
nel Nicholas Gilman, Sr. 

1752 
In 1752, Colonel Nicholas Gilman, Sr., then twenty-one 
years of age, brought his bride of twenty to the house and here 
they resided for thirty-one years and until their deaths, which 
occurred within a few weeks of each other, in 1783. Here 
their children were born, and it was during Colonel Gilman's 
occupancy of the house that the second section was added. 
The original section was of brick, but this was covered with 
wood to correspond with the addition. 

1775-1783-1818 
Colonel Nicholas Gilman, Sr., was distinguished as the 
financier of New Hampshire in the Revolution. He was chosen 
Treasurer and Receiver General of the State in 1775 and 
served as such until his death in 1783, when he was succeeded 
by his eldest son. Honorable John Taylor Gilman. He was 
also Continental Loan Officer, a leading member of the State 
Committee of Safety from 1777 to 1779, and Councillor of the 

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State from 1777 to the day of his death. "Colonel Gilman's 
relation to the financial affairs of New Hampshire is said to 
have been much as that of Robert Morris to those of the Na- 
tion, and he managed them with the same prudence and 
skill." 

In his capacity of Treasurer of the State, Colonel Oilman 
had his office in this house and there affixed his signature to 
the paper bills of credit to which the State and Country were 
obliged to resort to carry on the war. 

His active duties as officer of the State did not, however, pre- 
vent him from devoting a part of his time to the military service, 
and he held the commission of Colonel of the Fourth Regiment 
of Militia throughout the war. As such he commanded a de- 
tachment from his regiment which joined General Whipple's 
brigade with the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga and 
aided in the capture of General Burgoyne. At the same time 
he was First Lieutenant of the Independent Company of Light 
Infantry that volunteered and marched to Saratoga in 1777 
under command of its captain, Colonel John Langdon, after- 
wards Governor of New Hampshire, first President pro tern, 
of the United States Senate and a Signer of the Constitution. 

Within the walls of this mansion were born his children, 
three of whom became conspicuous and illustrious figures in 
the history of the State. 

Honorable John Taylor Gilman, the eldest son of Colonel 
Nicholas Gilman, Sr., was born in the old house in 1753, and 
upon the death of his parents took up his residence there, re- 
maining until 1818, when he removed to the dwelling on the 
south side of Front Street. 

It was during his tenancy, that the street upon which the 
house is situated received the designation of " Governor's 
Lane." 

On the morning after the battle of Lexington he marched 
with that heroic band of one hundred volunteers from Rock- 
ingham County to Cambridge, and was chosen Sergeant of 
Captain James Hackett's Company. He afterwards became 
assistant to his father. Treasurer Gilman. In 1779 he was 
elected a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, was a 
delegate to the Convention at Hartford, Connecticut, called to 

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take measures for the common defence in 1780, and a mem- 
ber of the State Committee of Safety in 1781 and 1782. In 
1782 he was elected a member of Congress, and the following 
year succeeded his father as State Treasurer and served until 
1786, and again from 1791 to 1794, when he was elected 
Governor of New Hampshire, to which office he was re- 
elected until 1805, and again elected Governor in 1 813-18 14 
and 1815. In 1814 the military defences required his ex- 
clusive attention, and at the alarm of Portsmouth he took 
command in person of a large detachment of militia, which 
was stationed by his order in that vicinity. In this connec- 
tion it is interesting to note that two of Governor Gilman's 
Aides were members of the New Hampshire Society of the 
Cincinnati, Colonel Daniel Gookin, an original member and 
Secretary of the Society, and Colonel Bradbury Cilley, in right 
of his father, General Joseph Cilley, an original member and 
President of the Society. 

Another son, destined to become most illustrious in the his- 
tory of his country, was born here August 3, 1755. This 
son was Captain the Honorable Nicholas Gilman, Jr., who re- 
sided with his brother. Governor John Taylor Gilman. At 
the age of twenty-one he was made Adjutant of the Third 
Regiment New Hampshire Continental Line, and in 1778 be- 
came the senior Deputy Adjutant-General of the Continental 
Army, on the staff of General Washington, serving in that 
capacity with great credit, until the close of the war, partici- 
pating in all of the important battles and campaigns in which, 
under Washington, the chief part of the army was engaged. 

In 1787 Captain Gilman and John Langdon were chosen 
delegates to the Federal Convention of States, which assembled 
in Philadelphia, and framed and adopted the Constitution and, 
the delegates signing in the order of States, the signatures of 
Langdon and Gilman followed immediately after that of Gen- 
eral Washington, as President of the Convention. Captain 
Gilman enjoyed the distinction of being one of the youngest, 
if not the youngest, of the members of that distinguished body 
which, as Chancellor Kent wrote, " combined a very rare 
union of the best talents, experience, information, patriotism, 
probity and character which the country afforded." 

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After the adoption of the Constitution he was a member of 
Congress from 1789 to 1797. In 1 804-1 805 he was a member 
of the New Hampshire State Senate, and on March 4, 1805, 
was elected to the United States Senate, and served continu- 
ously until his death at Philadelphia, May 3, 18 14. 

Captain Oilman was an original member of the New Hamp- 
shire Society of the Cincinnati and a delegate to the General 
Meetings in 1787 and 1790. 

Upon his death the Society adopted Resolutions and the 
members wore " black crepe on the left arm for thirty days, as 
a badge of respect and esteem they have for his memory." 

1818-1824 

A third son. Colonel the Honorable Nathaniel Oilman, suc- 
ceeded his father in the treasury department — the Conti- 
nental Loan Office — as early as 1783. In 1 795-1796 and 
again in 1 802-1 803 he was a member of the State Senate, and 
in 1805 became State Treasurer, a position which his father 
and eldest brother had so acceptably filled before him, and 
served until 1809, and again from 1811 to 181 4. 

From 1818 to 1824 the old mansion was occupied by Cap- 
tain Nathaniel Oilman, son of Colonel the Honorable Na- 
thaniel Oilman and grandson of Colonel the Honorable 
Nicholas Oilman, Sr. Captain Oilman was a very prominent 
citizen of Exeter and a large landed proprietor. When the 
British fleet cruised in dangerous proximity to the coast of 
New Hampshire, Captain Oilman marched to Portsmouth in 
command of his company of the Fourth Regiment. Captain 
Oilman married, November 6, 181 7, Elizabeth Oardiner of 
Philadelphia, and several of his children were born within the 
walls of the " Oilman House," among them being Honorable 
John Oardiner Oilman, the present President of the New 
Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati. In 1824 Captain Oil- 
man removed to the house on High Street, which was after- 
wards his home. 

1 824-1 903 

From the year 1824 to the present date the house has 
been occupied by different branches of the family, descendants 
of Colonel Nicholas Oilman, Sr., with the exception of the 

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years 1881 to 1883, when it was owned by Mr. J. Van 
Schaick, of whom it was purchased by the late Mr. John Tay- 
lor Perry, a great-grandson of Colonel Nicholas Oilman, Sr., 
who restored it to its original condition. On November i, 
1902, the house was purchased of the executors of the estate, 
by the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati, for its per- 
manent headquarters. Truly, no more fitting memorial of the 
Revolutionary days could have been found. 

Here met the most distinguished military and political char- 
acters of the Revolutionary period, notably General Sullivan, 
General Nathaniel Folsom, Meshech Weare, many members 
of the New Hampshire Cincinnati, the Provincial Congress, 
the Committee of Safety of New Hampshire, and within its 
walls many honored sons of New Hampshire have been enter- 
tained, including Daniel Webster, who was frequently a guest 
while attending the sessions of the court in Exeter. 

The house itself is in an excellent state of preservation. The 
partially panelled walls, the quaint windows with wide sills, 
the large and cheerful fireplaces in which the original " dogs " 
still do duty are all interesting and attractive, and relate dis- 
tinctively to Colonial days. The room in which Treasurer 
Gilman transacted the important business of State has ever 
since been known as "The Office." A quaint place indeed 
is this old-time workroom. With high, small windows fitted 
with wooden shutters, showing the great thickness of the house 
wall, and well-built fireplace, one is impressed with the solid- 
ity and sense of security of the surroundings. 

Within but a few moments' walk are located the beautiful 
buildings of the Phillips Exeter Academy, the Hotel Squam- 
scott, the Post Office, the Folsom Tavern, where Washington 
was entertained and the New Hampshire Society of the Cin- 
cinnati was organized, the "Garrison" house built in 1650, 
and the site of General Enoch Poor's home. 



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A Brief History of the Society 

Of the Cincinnati as Formed by the 
Officers of the American Army at the 
Conclusion of the Revolutionary War, 1783 

THE historic and time-honored Society of the Cincinnati 
was instituted May 13, i 783, by the officers of the Con- 
tinental Army then in cantonment at Newburgh, on the Hud- 
son River. Major-General Baron de Steuben presided over 
the convention of officers, at which the institution of the Or- 
der was adopted, the governing principles of which are as fol- 
lows: 

*'It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the Universe, 
in the disposition of human affairs, to cause the separation of 
the Colonies of North America from the domination of Great 
Britain and, after a bloody conflict of eight years, to establish 
them free, independent and sovereign States, connected, by al- 
liances founded on reciprocal advantages, with some of the 
great princes and powers of the earth. 

"To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this 
vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed 
under the pressure of common danger, and in many instances 
cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the Ameri- 
can Army do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, 
constitute and combine themselves into One Society of Friends, 
to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest 
male posterity, and, in failure thereof, the collateral branches, 
who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and 
members. 

"The officers of the American Army, having generally been 
taken from the citizens of America, possess high veneration for 
the character of that illustrious Roman, Lucius Quintius Cin- 
cinnatus; and being resolved to follow his example, by return- 
ing to their citizenship, they think they may with propriety de- 
nominate themselves 



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The Society of the Cincinnati 

"The following principles shall be immutable and form the 
basis of the Society of the Cincinnati: 

"An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted 
rights and liberties of human nature for w^hich they have fought 
and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is 
a curse instead of a blessing. 

" An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, be- 
tween the respective States, that union and national honor so 
essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dignity 
of the American empire. 

" To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting 
among the officers. This spirit will dictate brotherly kindness 
in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial 
acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the Society, 
towards those officers and their families who unfortunately 
may be under the necessity of receiving it." 

For convenience the Society was divided into thirteen State 
Societies, and upon the roll of original members appeared the 
names of nearly all of the historic military and naval charac- 
ters of the Revolution. The General Society composed of 
the general officers and delegates from each State Society was 
required to meet every three years, and State Societies annually 
on July 4th. 

The first meeting of the General Society was held at Phila- 
delphia, May 4, 1784, when the first general officers were 
elected : His Excellency General George Washington, of 
Virginia, President General ; Major- General Horatio Gates, 
of Virginia, Vice-President General ; Major-General Henry 
Knox, of Massachusetts, Secretary General ; Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Otho Holland Williams, of Maryland, Assistant Secretary 
General ; Major-General Alexander MacDougall, of New 
York, Treasurer General. General Washington served as 
President General until his decease in 1799. 

The insignia of the Society was designed by Major L'En- 
fant, of the French Corps of Engineers, who planned the city 
of Washington, and is an enamelled gold eagle, displayed, 
bearing on its breast medallions charged with the emblems of 

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the Order, and the motto, Omnia Relinquit Servare Rempubli- 
cam^ suspended from a light-blue ribbon edged with white, 
emblematic of the union between France and America. A 
highly treasured relic in the possession of the Society is the in- 
signia richly set in diamonds, presented in 1784 by the French 
naval officers through Admiral Count D'Estaing to General 
Washington, by whom it was worn, and has since been regu- 
larly transmitted to each of his successors as President Gen- 
eral. 

In France, where the French officers formed an organiza- 
tion under the presidency of the Count D'Estaing, the Cin- 
cinnati reached a most eminent distinction, including among 
its members the most illustrious nobles and military officers of 
France. 

Many of the French officers valued the Order of the Cin- 
cinnati more highly than the Cross of St. Louis, and the So- 
ciety was organized with the consent of the King, Louis XVI, 
in Council, who by decree, granted special permission to the 
French Cincinnati to wear the order, an exceptional privilege, 
since no other foreign order was allowed to be worn in France 
except that of the Golden Fleece. 

As the oldest military order in America, inspired by senti- 
ments of patriotism, worthy of the men who achieved Ameri- 
can independence, the Society of the Cincinnati has ever 
maintained an honored position and its eagle has become a 
treasured heirloom in many American families. 



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The New Hampshire Society 

THE New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati was or- 
ganized November i8, 1783, at Folsom's Tavern in 
Exeter, under the direction of Major-General John Sullivan, 
who became its first President. Many of the leading officers 
of the New Hampshire Continental Line became original mem- 
bers of the New Hampshire Society, including General Henry 
Dearborn, General James Reed, Colonel Joseph Cilley, Cap- 
tain Nicholas Gilman and Captain Jonathan Cass, father of 
the eminent statesman, Lewis Cass. The New Hampshire 
Society has ever occupied a distinguished position in the Order, 
and chiefly to its efforts in 1784 in opposing the proposed 
amendment to the institution, abolishing the rule of hereditary 
succession, is due the preservation of the Order to posterity. 
The New Hampshire Society holds its annual meetings at its 
headquarters in Exeter on July 4th, and in addition holds 
special meetings to commemorate other historic events in the 
Revolution. 

Rules for Admission of Members 

ELIGIBILITY. 

By the institution the officers entitled to become members 
of the Society were declared to be as follows: 

"All the officers of the American Army, as well (i) those 
who have resigned with honor after three years' service in the 
capacity of officers, or (2) who have been deranged by the 
Resolutions of Congress upon the several reforms of the army, 
or (3) those who have continued to the end of the war, have 
the right to become parties to this institution ; provided that 
they subscribe one month's pay, and sign their names to the 
general rules in their respective State Societies, those who are 
present with the army immediately and others within six months 
after the army shall be disbanded, extraordinary cases excepted; 
the rank, time of service, resolution of Congress by which any 
may have been deranged, and place of residence must be added 
to each name; and as a testimony of affection to the memory 

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and the offspring of such officers as have died in the service, 
their eldest male branches have the same right of becoming 
members as the children of the actual members of the Society." 

The officers who were elected members of the Society under 
the institution as above given, became the original members 
of the Society. 

In 1854 the General Society passed the following resolution, 
making descendants of officers who did not become original 
members eligible to membership: 

" Resolved^ That each State Society shall have the full right 
and power to regulate the admission of members, both as to 
the qualifications of the members and the terms of admission; 
provided, that admission be confined to the male descendants 
of original members, or of those who are now members (in- 
cluding collateral branches as contemplated by the original con- 
stitution); or to the male descendants of such officers of the 
army or navy as may have been entitled to admission, but 
who failed to avail themselves thereof within the time limited 
by the constitution ; or to male descendants of such officers of 
the army or navy of the Revolution as may have resigned 
with honor or left the service with reputation ; or to the male 
collateral relatives of any officers who died in service with- 
out leaving issue." 

Every applicant to be eligible must have either the qualifi- 
cations stated in the institution or under the Rule of 1854. 

The succession and admission to membership in the New 
Hampshire Society descends from the ancestor, who was an 
officer, in the eldest male line to the eldest male descendant, 
according to the rules of primogeniture at the common law. 

Only one person at a time shall be competent to be elected 
as the hereditary representative of an officer, who was either an 
original member, or who was entitled to become an original 
member of the Society, according to the Rule of 1854. 

The following rules and principles are ordinarily observed 
in considering applications : 

I. Direct descendants shall be preferred to collaterals. 

II. Among direct descendants the male line is to be pre- 
ferred to the female line. 

III. When the direct male line is extinct, and there are 

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male descendants through intervening female lines, the Society 
may select the representative from among such male descend- 
ants. 

IV. When there are no direct descendants the eldest col- 
lateral branch is chosen, according to the rules of primogeniture 
at the common law. 

V. The claims of descendants in the female line shall be 
determined according to the same rules which govern priority 
in the male line, so far as applicable. 

VI. Waivers from those having prior rights to the applicant 
may be accepted, and the failure of any eligible person having 
knowledge of the existence of his claim to apply within a 
reasonable time may be treated as a waiver thereof. 

VII. Where a vacancy has existed for many years, or the 
officer has never been represented, the Society may select a 
representative from among the descendants. 

The right of admission and succession to membership is not 
absolute, but subject to the judgment of the Society, as to 
whether the applicant is deemed " worthy of becoming its sup- 
porter and member." The law of inheritance confers only 
the privilege to be voted for, and the Society reserves the right 
to choose such one as seems to it best fitted to promote its 
ends, according to the institution. 

ADMISSION FEE. 

When the Society was instituted in 1783 each officer, who 
became an original member, paid an admission fee of one 
month's pay, which constituted the Permanent Fund. There- 
fore, each State Society makes it a condition precedent, that 
every applicant whose ancestor was not an original member 
shall, upon admission, pay a sum equivalent to what his an- 
cestor should have paid, had he become an original member, 
with interest, which sum is averaged and commuted in many 
of the State Societies at a fee of ;^500.oo, and in the New 
Hampshire Society at ;^250.oo. 

The admission fee of ;^250.oo to the New Hampshire So- 
ciety is an endowed fee in perpetuity. There are no annual 
dues. 



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Officers and Committees^ 1902-03 

President 
Hon. John Gardiner Oilman 

Vice-President 
John Harvey Treat 

Secretary 
Frederick Bacon Philbrook 

Treasurer 
Franklin Senter Frisbie 

Assistant Treasurer 
Henry Dexter Warren 

Chaplain 
Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D.D. 

Standing Executive Committee 
Frederick Bacon Philbrook, Chairman 
Henry Dexter Warren, Committee Secretary 
Hon. John Gardiner Gilman 
John Harvey Treat 
Franklin Senter Frisbie 
Francis Olcott Allen 
James William Sullivan 
Franklin Thomason Beatty, M.D. 

Member of the Standing Executive Committee of the General Society 
Francis Olcott Allen 



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Delegates to the General Society 

Hon. John Gardiner Oilman 
Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D.D. 
Samuel Lord Morison 
Francis Olcott Allen 
Frederick Bacon Philbrook 

Alternates to the General Society 
John William Adams 
John M. Glidden 
James William Sullivan 
Franklin Senter Frisbie 
William Lithgow Willey, Sc.D. 

Committee on Membership 
Francis Olcott Allen, Chairman 
Franklin Senter Frisbie, Committee Secretary 
Frederick Bacon Philbrook 



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Members 



Mr. John William Adams 

Former Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts 

Mr. Francis Olcott Allen 

Member Standing Executive Committee of the General Society 

Mr. William Turner Bacon, A.M., M.D. 

Mr. George Carleton Beal 

Mr. Franklin Thomason Beatty, M.D. 

Mr. David Lane Billings, A.B. 

Hon. Jonathan Prince Cilley, A.B. 

Late Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers 
Former Representative to the General Court of Maine 

Mr. Joseph Cilley 

Mr. James Milnor Coit, A.M., Ph.D. 

Assistant Rector, St. Paul's School, Concord 

Hon. Stephen Moody Crosby, A.B. 

Late Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Volunteers 
Former Judge Advocate General (Brigadier-General), State of 
Massachusetts 

Mr. Franklin Senter Frisbie, LL.B. 
Mr. Robert Spear Fogg 
Mr. Bradley Luther Frye 
Hon. John Gardiner Gilman 

Former Representative to General Court of New Hampshire 

Mr. John M. Glidden 

Former Lieutenant-Colonel and A.D.C., State of Maine 

Mr. Charles Henri Gookin 
Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock 

Secretary of the Interior of the U. S. 

Hon. Henry Oakes Kent, A.M., LL.D. 

Late Colonel U. S. Volunteers 

Former U. S. Naval Officer of the Port of Boston 

President New Hampshire Forrestry Commission 

Mr. George Bridge Leighton, A.B. 
Mr. Horace Prescott McClary 

Former Representative to the General Court of Vermont 

Mr. Ira Darling McClary * 

Late Lieutenant U. S. Volunteers 

Former U. S. Consular Agent, Province of Quebec 

* Honorary Member. 

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Mr. John McGaffey, A.B, 

Mr. Horace Morison, A.B. 

Mr. Samuel Lord Morison, A.B. 

Mr. Charles Cass Munro 

Mr. John Strong Penniman 

Hon. Thomas Pitts * 

Mr. Frederick Bacon Philbrook 

Mr. Joseph Vila Prichard, A.B. 

Rev. Jeremiah Eames Rankin, D.D., LL.D. 

President of Howard University, Washington, D. C. 

Mr. Edward Adolphus Rollins 

Mr. William Davis Sawyer, A.B., LL.B. 

Former Quartermaster-General (Brigadier-General) State of New 
Hampshire 

Mr. Alfred Lee Shapleigh 

Director International Exposition of St. Louis 

Mr. Nathan Parker Shortridge * 

Mr. John Henry Shortridge 

Mr. Samuel Strong Spaulding 

Mr. Charles Walter Stewart 

Mr. James William Sullivan 

Mr. Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor, A.B. 

Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella of Spain 

Mr. Frederick Diodati Thompson, LL.B. 

Chevalier of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie 
Chevalier of the Imperial Order of Osmanlie 

Mr. John Harvey Treat, A.M. 
Mr. William Franklin Trufant 
Mr. Henry Dexter Warren 

Lieutenant 5th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry 

Mr. William Boerum Wetmore 

Late Lieutenant U. S. Army 

Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D.D. 

Bishop of Indiana, District of Michigan City 
General Chaplain of the Order of the Cincinnati 

Mr. William Lithgow Willey, Sc. D. 

Captain and Quartermaster A. & H. A. Co. 
* Honorary Member 

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HONORABLE NICHOLAS OILMAN 

SON OF HONORABLE NICHOLAS AND ANN 

(TAYLOR) OILMAN, 

BORN AT EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 

AUGUST THIRD, 1755, 

IN THE FAMOUS OLD OILMAN HOUSE 

NOW KNOWN AS 

CINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL. 

CAPTAIN ^ SENIOR DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL 

OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY 

ON THE STAFF OF GENERAL WASHINGTON. 

MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS y ONE of 

THE FRAMERS AND A SIGNER OF THE 

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 

For More Than NINE YEARS and Until HIS DECEASE, 

AT PHILADELPHIA, MAY THIRD, 18 14. 

AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 

AND A 

DELEGATE TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 





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Officers of the General Society ^1902-05 

President General 
Hon. WiNSLow Warren 

Massachusetts Society 

Vice-President General 
Hon. James Simons, LL.D. 

South Carolina Society 

Secretary General 
Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D., L.H.D. 

Rhode Island Society 

Treasurer General 
Hon. Frederick Wolcott Jackson 

New Jersey Society 

Assistant Treasurer General 
Hon, John Cropper 

Virginia Society 

Standing Executive Committee 
Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D., L.H.D., Rhode Island Society^ 

Chairman 
James Simons, LL.D., South Carolina Society 
Francis Marinus Caldwell, Pennsylvania Society 
Oswald Tilghman, Maryland Society 
George Bliss Sandford, U. S. A., Connecticut Society 
Charles Upham Bell, Massachusetts Society 
Talbot Olyphant, New y'ork Society 
John Cropper, Virginia Society 

Frank Landon Humphreys, S.T.D., New Jersey Society 
Francis Olcott Allen, New Hampshire Society 
Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A., Delaware Society 
John Collins Daves, North Carolina Society 
Walter Glasco Charlton, Georgia Society 
The President General, ex officio 

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Chaplains 
The Rev. Mancius Holmes Hutton, D.D. 

New Tork Society 
The Rev. Frank Landon Humphreys, S.T.D. 

New "Jersey Society 
The Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D.D. 

New Hampshire Society 



A List of the Presidents^ Vice-Presidents, and 
Secretaries of the State Societies of the Cincinnati 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 
President^ John Gardiner Oilman 

Vice-President^ John Harvey Treat 
Secretary^ Frederick Bacon Philbrook 

MASSACHUSETTS 
President^ Winslow Warren 

Vice-President^ Thornton Kirkland Lothrop 
Secretary^ David Greene Haskins, Jr. 

RHODE ISLAND 
President^ Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D. 

Vice-President^ James M. Varnum 
Secretary^ George Washington Olney 

CONNECTICUT 

President^ George Bliss Sandford, U. S. A. 

Vice-President^ Henry Larcom Abbot, U. S. A. 
Secretary^ Morris Woodruff Seymour 

NEW YORK 

President^ Vacancy 

Vice-President^ Talbot Olyphant 
Secretary^ Francis Key Pendleton 

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NEW JERSEY 
President^ Frank Landon Humphreys, S.T.D. 

Vice-President^ Franklin Davenport Howell 
Secretary^ Wessel Ten Broeck Stout Imlay 

PENNSYLVANIA 
President^ Richard Dale 

Vice-President^ Francis Marinus Caldwell 
Secretary^ William Macpherson Hornor 

DELAWARE 

President^ Thomas David Pearce 

Vice-President^ John Patten Wales 

Secretary^ Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A. 

MARYLAND 
President^ Otho Holland Williams 

Vice-President^ William Henry De Courcy, M.D. 
Secretary^ Thomas Edward Sears, M.D. 

VIRGINIA 

President^ John Cropper 

Vice-President^ George Ben Johnston, M.D. 
Secretary^ Patrick Henry Carey Cabell 

NORTH CAROLINA 

President^ Wilson Gray Lamb 

Vice-President^ Vacancy 

Secretary^ Charles Luken Davis, U. S. A. 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

President^ James Simons, LL.D. 

Vice-President^ Daniel Elliott Huger Smith 
Secretary^ Henry Massingberd Tucker, Jr. 

GEORGIA 
President^ Walter Glasco Charlton 

Vice-President^ Vacancy 
Secretary^ George Noble Jones 

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